White Rose of Avalon

Fairytales

  • The White Rabbit

    For today’s post, I would like to take a brief look at the figure of the White Rabbit from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.    This Victorian era fairytale is one of the most iconic children’s books to ever be published.   Alice entered Wonderland through falling down a rabbit hole after chasing…

  • Representations of Mermaids

    For today’s post I would like to look at different ways that mermaids have been represented.   The way mermaids have been portrayed throughout time has been varied from positive water faeries who sometimes help rescue sailors to negative sirens who are thirsty for blood.  Many of the earliest types of mermaid-like creatures featured in…

  • The Importance of Imagination and Inspiration

    Today I want to discuss the importance imagination and inspiration play in our lives, especially for those of us who are creative (and how creative people make things for all to enjoy).   My imagination is what inspires the manuscripts I work on, my poetry and short fiction, and of course my blog posts here! …

  • Living the Faerie Life

    For all of us Faerie loving people out there, it is a dream to live life the way faeries would.    While, most of us do not have to ability to literally walk into the Faery realm, we can still take inspiration from the fae in how we live life!    I take inspiration from…

  • Beach Reads

    It is now the time of year to enjoy being outdoors, and celebrating the beauty of nature.   For many people this includes trips to the beach, and books to bring along with them.    I personally adore summer reading, and reading a book outdoors!    However, I am not really much for the traditionally…

  • My Top 5 Sleeping Beauty Book Adaptations

    Today I would like to countdown my top five favorite Sleeping Beauty book adaptations.   All of these are inspired by the fairytale, but vary in reading level, and content. Number 5: The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by Anne Rice ~Be warned that these are very adult novels!   They are inspired by the fairytale, and…

  • Faerie Tale and Legend Inspired Beauty

    As someone who has always adored Arthurian legend, Pre-Raphaelite art, faeries, and mermaids, I have been inspired by each of these things, in the way I dress and use beauty products.   Mermaid, faerie, and Pre-Raphaelite art all covet long and luscious hair (of course, to be fair faeries can also have short sassy hair…

  • Sea Fairytales

    In honor of Summer I want to discuss sea themed fairytales.    The Little Mermaid is the obvious choice, but there are also tales of selkies and undines.   I will focus on The Little Mermaid, selkie tales, and Undine (which is a story by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué which became a German opera…

  • Living in My Own World

    Living in my own world is how I phrase my personal outlook on life.    I have my own internal world that is quite a unique, and imaginative place!   I have a deeply complex imagination, and my personal loves and desires are very much things that influence everything I do.    My imagination allows…

  • Fantasy Places

    Many writers throughout times have written about fictional places.    Today I want to talk about some of my favorite fantasy places from literature!     I will focus on children’s or young adult literary places, in order to keep this post from getting ridiculously long! I have always adored Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and…